Dallas Dhu Distillery, which stands on the site about 2km south from Forres Town Centre, was established in 1898 by Alexander Edward who was an entrepreneur beside a railroad from Forres to Grantown on Spey as Dallas Mhor Distillery. However, he sold the distillery to blending company of Glasgow, Wright & Greig, Ltd before the distillery went into production in 1899. They changed the distillery name to Dallas Dhu and started whisky production.
However, The owner of distillery was changed in the same way as some of distilleries which were built during the Whisky Boom in the 19th. Finally, Dallas Dhu Distillery was acquired by DCL(later United Distillers) in 1929. The whisky production had been continued since 1899, but the distillery was mothballed from 1930 to 1936.
Dallas Dhu Distillery was damaged with much of its equipment by a fire, and World War 2 broke out. So, reopening of the distillery was delayed until 1947.

Dallas Dhu Distillery was about 2km south from Forres town centre on the map. It was within walking distance for me. After I left Benromach Distillery, I walked to Dallas Dhu Distillery and enjoyed the scenery of town.
After a while, the scenery was changed and the road which passed through the hill of meadows was an uphill slope. And I was holding a heavy camera bag and a bottle of whisky which I bought at Benromach Distillery.
I often faced this situation during Scotland tour, it was a very hard!
When I finished climbing the hill and approached the down slope, a malt kiln and an old style chimney came in sight. It would be arrive shortly.
However, I had to come back through the same way, uphill slope again…
No, let’s stop thinking now, enjoy the distillery tour at Dallas Dhu Distillery!

Benromach Distillery was established in 1898 near Forres Station. However, the bussiness was not doing well in the same way as some of distilleries which were built during the Whisky Boom in the 19th, whisky production was started in 1900, but stopped immediately.
The owner was changed in 1911 and restarted the operation, but stopped because of World War 1. After that, the distillery was repeated changing a owner, restarting and stopping.
Finally, Benromach Distillery was acquired by DCL((later United Distillers) in 1953 and restarted making whisky.
The distillery was rebuilt in 1966 and renovated in 1974, but it was closed in 1983.
In 1993, Benromach Distillery was acquired by Gordon & MacPhail, independent bottler in Elgin, and restarted whisky production after restoration for 5 years.
It might be easy to become a target of the purchase and the production adjustment because of a small distillery. The scale doesn’t change very much now.